Set up the AgentSmith app on Android

1Download the app

Open this page on your Android phone and tap Download for Android. If you're reading it on a computer, scan the QR code above with the phone's camera instead.

Chrome warns about every app file that doesn't come from Google Play, so it may ask whether you want to keep the file. Tap Download anyway, or OK on older versions of Chrome.

If you opened the link inside WeChat, tap the ··· menu and open the page in your browser first, because WeChat won't download app files.

2Install it

When the download finishes, tap the notification, or open Downloads from your browser's menu, then tap the AgentSmith file and tap Install.

The first time, Android says your phone isn't allowed to install unknown apps from this source. Tap Settings, turn on Allow from this source, then go back and tap Install. The switch only covers the browser you downloaded with, and you can turn it off again once the app is in, because the app's own updates use a separate permission (step 6).

Google Play Protect may offer to scan the app, or say it doesn't know the developer, because the app doesn't come from Google Play. Let it scan if it asks, and if it shows a warning, tap More details and then Install anyway.

Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo and Huawei phones

• Xiaomi, Redmi, OPPO and vivo phones often show their own security screen before the install, sometimes with a countdown of a few seconds. Wait for it, confirm you understand the risk if it asks, and carry on.
• On a Huawei phone, Pure Mode blocks apps from outside the phone's own app store. Search the phone's Settings for Pure Mode, turn it off, and install again.
• Huawei phones on HarmonyOS NEXT (HarmonyOS 5 or later) can't install Android apps at all. On those phones, use the web app in the browser.

3Sign in

Open AgentSmith and sign in with the email and password you use for your Command Center. You stay signed in after that, including through updates.

• If you've forgotten your password, tap Forgot password? and the app opens a page in your browser where you can reset it.
• If the app says your agent is still being set up, your agent isn't connected to the app yet. That part is on our side, so email [email protected] and we'll connect it.

4Notifications and permissions

Right after you sign in, Android asks whether AgentSmith can send you notifications. Tap Allow, because that's how you find out your agent has replied or needs your OK. Phones on Android 12 or older don't ask, and allow it already.

While you're signed in, the app keeps a quiet notification that says Connected to and your agent's name. It holds the link to your agent open so messages reach you when the app is closed, so leave it there.

Everything else is asked for only when it's needed.

• The camera is asked for the first time you take a photo in the app.
• The microphone is asked for the first time you record a voice message.
• Location and calendar start on Ask. The first time your agent wants one of them, the app tells you what it wants and why, and then Android asks for the permission.

You can change these any time in the app's Settings, in the section about what your agent can use on this phone. Ask means it checks with you first, On means it can use it when it needs to, and Off means never. Adding an event to your calendar always asks you, whatever the setting.

5Keep notifications coming

• Open the app's Settings and find Keep notifications coming.
• If it says your phone may stop notifications when the app is closed, tap Fix, allow it on the screen that opens, and come back to the app. Once it says your phone won't stop them to save battery, this part is done.

One more step on some phones

Xiaomi, Redmi, POCO, Huawei, Honor, OPPO, realme, OnePlus, vivo and iQOO phones have their own battery rules on top of Android's, so the app shows an extra card for them under Keep notifications coming.

• Tap Autostart and turn it on for AgentSmith.
• Tap Battery saver and choose No restrictions.
• On a Samsung phone the card has one button. Tap Battery saver and add AgentSmith to Never sleeping apps.

The names of these screens change from one phone model to the next. If a button opens the wrong screen, go to the phone's Settings, then Apps, then AgentSmith, and look for the battery and autostart options there.

6Updates

The app updates itself, so when a new version is out, a card in the app says it's ready, you tap Update, and Android asks you to confirm the install. You stay signed in, and your conversations stay with your agent.

The first time, Android asks you to let AgentSmith install apps. Turn on Allow from this source, come back to the app and tap Update again, and you only do this once.

Before it installs anything, the app checks the download against the version we published, so if the file was damaged or changed on the way, it installs nothing and tells you. To look for a new version yourself, open Settings and tap Check for updates near the bottom. What changed in each version is on the App updates page.

Worth setting up

• Home-screen widget. In Settings, under Home-screen widget, tap Add to home screen. It shows what's waiting for your OK, and its Ask button starts a chat in one tap.
• Share to your agent. In any app's Share menu, pick AgentSmith to send a photo, a file or some text into a new chat.
• Reading voice. Tap Listen on a reply to hear it read aloud, and pick the voice in Settings under Reading voice.

If something isn't working

• Can't reach AgentSmith. Check that the phone is online and tap Try again. On a work or hotel Wi-Fi network, try mobile data.
• Wrong email or password. Use your Command Center login, or tap Forgot password? to reset it.
• App not installed. This usually means the phone is short of space, or it has another copy of AgentSmith that didn't come from this page. Free up some space, or uninstall the other copy, and install again. Your conversations are kept with your agent and not on the phone, so you only lose the app's settings.
• Notifications only come when the app is open. Go through step 5 again, including the extra step for your phone's brand.
• An update says the download didn't check out. Nothing was installed, so try again on a steady connection. If it fails again, download the app from this page and install it over the old one.

For anything else, open Settings in the app, tap Request a change and choose Other, or email [email protected]. Both go straight to our team.